Carlton Club bomb attack
The Carlton Club bomb attack was a bomb attack by the Provisional IRA on the Carlton Club , a London gentlemen's club whose members are traditionally close to the Conservative Party or belong to.
The bomb detonated in front of the club on the morning of June 26, 1990, destroyed window panes and caused parts of the hall to collapse. The club's doorman was killed and 20 other people were injured; the former conservative politician Baron Kaberry of Adel also died a year later as a result of his injuries. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arrived at the club shortly afterwards and offered condolences to family members.
In a published letter, the Provisional IRA cited the bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton in 1984 and said it was bringing the terror back directly to those who would leave the British Army in Northern Ireland. The terrorist attack was part of a new wave of attacks that began in the spring of the same year and had previously claimed two lives. The attack sparked public outrage because the Carlton Club was not a military target, but a purely civilian one. A few weeks later, there was another bomb attack on the London Stock Exchange .
Individual evidence
- ^ IRA Says It Bombed Tory Club in London. In: New York Times . June 27, 1990, accessed December 7, 2018 .
- ↑ London Stock Exchange Is Rocked by a Bombing. In: New York Times. July 21, 1990, accessed December 7, 2018 .